Improvement in curry-combs



c. E. L. HOLMES. CURRY-COMB. No. 185,920. Patented J'an.2,1877.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. L. HOLMES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Lettiers Patent No. 185,920, dated January 2, 1877; application filed November 8, 1875.

T0 all whom it may concem:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES E.L. HOLMES, of the ciby and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a specification:

Curry-combs have been made with a handle at the back; also, With a brace and graspingpiece at the back and also with a handle projecting at one side of the comb.

My invention relates to a curryoomb, in which, by pretercnce, the ordinary side handle is employed. I make use of an independent bituroated handle that passes aoross the back of the comb-plates, and is attached et or near the front com b-plate. Said biturcated handle may be grasped with the hand directly at the back ot the comb, and independently of the ordinary handle, so that the comb can be used more conveniently than heretofore, and in positions where it; is difficult to hold the han- (lies and grasping devices before in use, and when the hand is applied to grasp the front edge of the comb, and the shank of the ordinary handle, this secondary handle becomes a resta for the palm of the hand.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view ot the comb, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the back of' said comb.

The comb-plates a, knocker-plates b, handle c, and shank 01 are of any usual charaeter, and do not require further description. The bifurcated handle e is made of metal, and may be of sheet metal ont: out to shape, or of wire, or of malleable cast-iron. The same is of a shape adapted to being grasped independently of the ordinary handle c, and this supplementa] handle is attached to the comb at or near the back of the forward comb-plate, and said handle extends across the baok transversly of the comb-plates, and in line, or nearly so, With a prolongation of the ordinary handle 0. This bifu1eatedhandleis,by preference, curved toward the cotnlplates, near-the shank of the handle, and it: may be attached to the comb in one or more places.

I have shown said snpplemental handle as forked, and attached to the comb at the two front ends by rivets. It forms a rest for the hand to press against when the comb s grasped acrossthe back, or the handle emay be grasped according tu the oonvenience of the person using the comb.

1 claim as my invnntion 1. The independent bituroated handle 6, at; the back of the comb, attaehed at its two front: ends to the comb, and forn1ing also a resta, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a comb, having a side handle, a second independent grasping device as the back ot tl1e comb, the parts of whieh diverge from near the shank of the side handie, substantiall y as specified.

Signed by me this 5th day of November, A. D. 1875.

, CHAS. E. L. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, GRAS. H. SMITH. 

